Masteries

Offense:
21

Defense:
9

Utility:
0

Threats to Gnar with this build

just dodge his skillshot and you'll win the lane. as always, poke early.

4

Aatrox

dodge his skillshot and leap, and you should be fine. poke early game.

4

Riven

pretty easy matchup, just poke and kite her when she starts jumping around.

5

Nasus

poke him. poke poke poke poke. he might be able to kill you later on if you're not careful.

5

Gangplank

this shouldnt be a too hard matchup for gnar.

5

Renekton

be careful of his combo, and you will win the lane.

5

Yasuo

be careful of his ultimate, and you should be fine. also avoid throwing you boomerang on his wind wall, it will go on a long cooldown.

5

Cho'Gath

his knockup is anyonning and can make you an easy gank, so be careful. just poke him away from minions.

6

Darius

you should be able to escape with E after he uses his grab. always avoid getting grabbed, mini gnar is very squishy early.

6

Jax

he can leap to you and dodge your attacks. because you are squishy as mini gnar, he can counter you.

6

Teemo

longer range and blinds you, but you can surprise him by bursting him to death with your mega combo.

6

Olaf

dodge his axes and be careful when going near him in mini gnar form.

6

Volibear

can outsustain you and you will be easily ganked if he manages to throw you.

7

Fiora

you should be able to burst her down with your mega combo, but until then just play passively. she can counter your mini form and if you're low hp she probadly will turret dive you. ask for a gank from junglers with stun ([[elise]],[[udyr]],[[amumu]] etc)

Introduction

PROS / CONS

PROS+Good laning phase
+Can lockup entire enemy team with GNAR! + Wallop
+Great mobility and kiting as mini gnar
+Great AoE dmg as mega gnar
+One of the best ultimates in game
+Doesn't use mana
+Is a yordle

CONS
-Squishy as mini gnar
-Low mobility as mega gnar
-Failing initiate will usually result in your death
-Controlling you fury is quite hard, so transformations may happen at the wrong time.

ABILITIES

I always take Hyper first, as it gives great poke early in the game. however i max Boomerang Throw first for long range poke. Always save your Hop for escaping ganks early game.The mega gnar burst combo (E Hop -> R GNAR! -> W Wallop -> Q Boulder Toss)deals huge burst damage even to tanks, and stuns them for so long they cannot respond. Suprise your enemy by hopping in with E, ult your enemy to the wall for stun, use W for even more stun, and slow them with Q. Then, if the enemy is on low hp, just pop Dubstep Ignite to finish them off. Also, if the enemy manages to escape with low hp, and decides to recall under his turret, you can just throw a boulder to kill him ;)

LANING PHASE

The way i prefer to play Gnar in lane is to go aggressive, unless my opponent counters me. The reason i like to play Gnar aggressively, is because escaping ganks is quite easy thanks to Hop and Hyper, and also because Gnar is ranged, he can safely harass the enemy toplaner. If the enemy decides to attack you, kite him by stacking Hyper on him. The speed boost from Hyper allows you to stay at a safe distance from the enemy and dodge things such as Riven's Broken Wings.

MEGA GNAR

Usually when you are about to transform, you'll want to bounce next to the enemy with Hop, and land your mega combo on him. The mega combo is quaranteed to get you a kill against opponents such as Ryze and Riven. However, you aren't going to be going in for the kill everytime you transform, only when the enemy is in a good position for you to land your combo. Mega gnar has great waveclear and AoE unlike mini gnar. If i have enough gold to buy and item, i go b after quickly clearing the wave as mega gnar.

THEM PLAYS

The interesting thing about gnar is that he transforms from a squishy, mobile short-range fighter to a meelee tank with less mobility but great CC. When a teamfight is about to begin, INITIATE IF YOU CAN. keep an eye on your rage, and if you are near transformation, position yourself in the frontlines and use E to bounce a long distance, into the enemy team. Use your ult to lock up as many enemy team members as possible, and make sure to aim for the walls for stun. Follow up with W, Q and then whack them in the face as your team finishes them off.

GANKING Gnar can be one of the best or worst gankers. Lets say you are on your way to gank mid. In order to gank successfully, you need to have near full fury, so that you can transform. jump on the minions to bounce and ult and W the enemy. However, in mini form, you have very low gank potential. You should only gank in mini form if you are fed or the enemy midlaner is low hp or in a good position to gank.

TIPS & TRICKS

-You can force your lane opponent out of the lane by constantly poking with autoattacks and with Boomerang Throw once he falls back to under his turret.

-If you get ganked, use your E Hop to jump onto the enemy jungler for a bounce, traveling a greater distance.

-In mega form, you are much less mobile. Be careful of ganks.

-When a teamfight is about to break out and you don't have enough fury to transform, poke the enemy from long range with your Boomerang Throw to gain fury before the teamfight erupts.

SYNERGIES

WOMMBOO COMMBOO!!These champions work great with gnar in teamfights:

Cassiopeia-her ultimate Petrifying Gaze works amazingly well with gnar ultimate GNAR!. first throw your enemies to the wall, follow with Wallop and then cassiopeia stuns/slows them all even more with her ulti (or the other way around), which is a crazy amount of CC. Also because cassiopeia can deal area damage it works well on the stunned enemies.

Wukong-his ultimate Cyclone works well with gnar aswell. Just like with cassiopeia, stun them and wukong can knock them up for even more CC. With his ulti he also deals area damage which works well.

Teemo-How well this works depends, as it requires good positioning. Ask teemo to lay shrooms Noxious Trap near a wall in a good location, and if you can successfully ult the enemies INTO the shrooms, AND the wall, they will continuously take heavy damage.

Orianna-After Orianna uses her Command: Shockwave, bounce in with your E and ult the enemy team when they are stacked. You can also bounce in first and orianna can use her ultimate after, but to get the most of your ulti, orianna should use her ulti first. Great CC.

THE END

This is just a small guide, as i am not a great writer and also, again, its my first guide.I would appreciate if you had any suggestions on how to improve my guide :)

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